Wardrobe Diary #74: Jumpsuits are a mom’s LBD (June 16, 2016)

Upon checking, my last Wardrobe Diary entry was sometime in February pa. That’s because—as usual—I feel so insecure about my figure! I feel like I have no right to post my OOTDs because…I’m fat. But upon watching beautiful and incredibly sexy women of all shapes and sizes strut on the runway during the I Am SM Woman fashion show, I realized that it’s not just the skinny or those with whistle-bait figures who look good.

I therefore conclude that I owe it to my self-confidence and to thirty-ish, slightly-overweight women like me who are looking for dressing-up inspirations to make up for lost time. So ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you my three consecutive OOTDs!

Here’s the first instalment, beginning with the night that started it all: the I Am SM Woman Night! Here’s a selfie first! 🙂

My motto in fashion is: When in doubt, wear a jumpsuit (Not a little black dress, because they show your unshaven legs and varicose veins!) I’m such a fan of jumpsuits because I believe they can be worn from day to night, casual to formal. Plus, they’re superb at hiding imperfections and are comfortable (except when you go to the toilet…argh!) I feel that jumpsuits automatically make me feel regal.

When I saw this jumpsuit at the Tees & Things boutique, I snubbed it. It looked blah. But since there were no other jumpsuits, I gave it a go. Sige na nga, try ko na nga! The salesladies and I were in for a surprise when we saw its potential. The halter style made my arms look long; the high-cut, flowy top part and the red detail on the waist made my waist look slim and my legs longer; and the wide-leg pants just made everything comfortable for me. And to balance the wide-leggedness of the jumpsuit, high-heeled stilettos sealed the deal. I’d have looked like a punggok floating ghost if I wore sandals with low, chunky heels. Or worse, footwear without heels. Unless you’re way taller than my 5’4” frame, then it would work. As for the bag, well, I admit it was too bulky, since it was an evening affair. A clutch would have been perfect. Oh well.

Anyway, before I proceed to my other OOTDs, there’s something I realized: when I attend fashion shows of certain brands, my outfit is not of that brand. Like when Raviv and I attended the Gingersnaps 25th Anniversary Fashion Show, Raviv wasn’t wearing Gingersnaps! That’s despite the fact that he has Gingersnaps clothes! Same thing happened when we attended SM Kids’s Fashion Shows: he also doesn’t wear his SM Kids’s clothes! And when I attended the Forever 21 fashion show, I wasn’t wearing Forever 21! Makes you think I don’t really believe in the brand. But of course not. It’s just that at that time, I’ve worn all my other SM Woman clothes somewhere else, and I didn’t want to repeat lang. Or my other SM Woman clothes were not appropriate for the event. 😀 But to show you how much I adore SM Woman pieces, wait for my next Wardrobe Diary entries, featuring the clothes I shopped on this evening.